HON95-wiki/config/general/linux-general.md

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Resources

Security

• Linux Hardening Checklist
• The Practical Linux Hardening Guide

Distros

Debian/Ubuntu

• Nobody user and group: nobody:nogroup
• Release info file: /etc/debian_version

RHEL/CentOS

• Nobody user and group: nobody:nobody
• Release info file: /etc/redhat-release or /etc/centos-release

Miscellaneous

• urandom VS random: random blocks when running out of entropy while urandom does not. For all practical purposes, urandom will almost never be less random than random and random may block at inappropriate times, so always use urandom.

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